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Searching for Whitopia: An Improbable Journey to the Heart of White America Hardcover – October 6, 2009

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Starting in 2007, Benjamin, a senior fellow at the nonpartisan think tank Demos, and, more significantly, an African-American, spent two years traveling through America's whitest communities—patches of Idaho and Utah and even pockets of New York City—where, according to his research, more and more white people have been seeking refuge from the increasingly multicultural reality that is mainstream America. There's plenty of potential in this premise, but Benjamin writes without any sense of purpose, alternating between undigested interviews with policy experts, self-indulgent digressions on the pleasures of golf and real estate shopping and sketchy portraits of his subjects. Despite Benjamin's countless conversations with everyone from Ed Gillespie, former head of the GOP, to a drunk in an Idaho bar, he never offers any fresh insights or practical suggestions. He concludes by barraging the reader with a series of unearned musts: we must revitalize the public sector, we must work hard for a new universalism. If his time in the nation's whitest enclaves gave him any specific thoughts about how those ideals might be achieved, he would have done well to share them. (Nov.)
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"Benjamin examines the history, politics, economics, and culture of race and class as seen in the growth of these `whitopias,' racially and therefore socioeconomically exclusive communities from the exurb St. George, Utah to the inner-city enclave of Carnegie Hill in Manhattan. . . . This is a thoroughly engaging and eye-opening look at an urgent social issue."―Booklist, Starred Review

"It sounds like a recipe for a riot: an inquisitive black writer journeying into some of the most segregated neighborhoods in the country. But Benjamin...pulls off his quest with good cheer."―
Time

"[Benjamin] offers in the end a chilling vision of the future for progressive values."―
Daily Kos

"The revelatory chapters about New York City made me want to cry . . . Generous and understanding to all of its subjects,
Searching for Whitopia is a eulogy for an unsustainable America lifestyle."―Christian Lander, creator of Stuff White People Like

"Exploring the identity, inhabitants, and social and political implications of...small towns...is the premise of Benjamin's provocative new book."―
The Daily Beast

"Benjamin writes in rapturous prose."―
- The Wilson Quarterly

"A lively and perceptive foray into communities that are trying to bail out of the melting pot."―
Mother Jones

"A wry and chilling tour of America's all-white communities."―
- Time Out New York

"Benjamin is clear in his conclusion that this trend is not healthy for either white or minority communities. Ideally, he writes, each group should thrive on . . . the influence of the other groups. Already, white communities are suffering from problems like unchecked sprawl and bad schools, and low-income minority groups are also losing access to the social capital of middle-class groups."―
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Hachette Books; First Edition (October 6, 2009)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 368 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1401322689
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1401322687
  • Reading age ‏ : ‎ 18 years and up
  • Lexile measure ‏ : ‎ 1190L
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.1 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.88 x 1 x 8.5 inches
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An observer and an adventurer, Rich Benjamin has traveled throughout the US and to more than twenty-five countries.

He is the author of Searching for Whitopia: An Improbable Journey to the Heart of White America, selected as an Editor’s Choice by Booklist and The American Library Association. Now in its second US printing, the book is also the subject of a 2015 TED Talk, which has garnered more than 2 million views across media platforms and has been translated into 25 languages.

Rich’s commentary on politics and culture appears regularly in public debate, including in The New York Times, The New Yorker, The New York Times Sunday Book Review, The Guardian, USA Today, The Idaho Statesman, NPR, PBS, CNN, and C-SPAN. Rich’s work has been covered internationally in France, Ireland, the United Kingdom, Japan, Brazil, and Germany.

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